Vacuum-creator.



"E. HEARING.

VAGUUMCREATOB. APPLICATION 1112110019, 1911.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Witnesses Attorneys xmw rant uric.

EDWARD HEARING, OF KELLOGG, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO TOM R. MOORE,

' OF KELLOGG, IDAHO.

VACUUM-CREATOR.

pfddaho, have invented a new and useful Vacuum-Creator, of which the following is a specification.

The presentl invention relates to improvements in vacuum creators, the primary object of the invention being the provision of a. vacuum forming device adapted to be attached to a faucet and provided with means for attaching a cleaning tool thereto, the said device being provided with a concentrically disposed means whereby the water flowing therethrough is regulated to be sprayed to create the proper vacuum within an enlarged disch-tirge chamber, the tool conduit emptying thereinto so that the dust and dirt, col looted by the tool and conduit, will be commingled with. the discharge of water and carried to the sewer pipe, thus dispensing with an air filtering means and the necessity of the dust and dirt carried to a distant place.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n the details of construction hereinafter de-' changes in the precise embodiment of inven-.

tion herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation ofthe complete vacuum creating device in the position it assumes when in operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view through the complete vacuum creating device detached from its hose and faucet. Fig. I. is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main supporting tubular casing provided with the angularly and upwardly extending water entrance pipe or inlet member 2, the upper end 3, of which is enlarged and threaded, or provided with other'means whereby the same may be connccted to the faucet -l, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The upper end of member 1 is sealed as at 5 and is provided with the concentric threaded opening 6, while at 7 near its lower end are provided a plurality of threads the purpose of which will presently appear. This tubu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1911.

Pateiited July 15,1 are.

Serial No. 653,626.

lar member 1. is provided with an hour-glass bore 8 which is curved inwardly as shown and finally outwardly as at 9, .to produce a spraying nozzle or mouth at the lower end of the tubular casing 1, while mounted adjustably and concentrically of the casing 1 in the threaded opening 5 thereof is a stem or rod 10, the upper threaded end 11 of which enga es the threads of the opening 6 and there y holds the stem concentrically of the bore of the casing 1 so that the reduced threaded end 12 of said stem will project concentrically through and below the re duced portion 8 of said member 1. Adjustably mounted upon the lower reduced threaded portion of this stem is a valve 13, whose inclined face 14 is adapted to co-act with the inclined mouth 9 of the said tubular member 1 and thereby provide a spraying means which will spray the flow of water entering the duct 2 through the body 1 outwardly against the walls of the draining pipe or discharge duct 23. In order to lock the said valve 13 in adjusted position upon the threaded end 12 of the stem, two nuts 15 are employed as shown in Fig. 2.

A supplemental casing 16 is provided and has a concentric. threaded aperture 17 which engages the threads 7 of the tubular membcr 1, the bore of said casing-being larger than the exterior bore of the reduced lower end of the member 1 and providing a concentric space therearound which is in (.Ulll' munication with the bore of the tool connocting nipple 15) ot' the member 16 to which is connected the cleaningtool conduit or hose 20 carrying at its end the usual cleaning tool 21. The lower end of the member 16 is inte -iorlythreaded to receive the upper end of the draining pipe or conduit 23, whose bore is substantially the same diameter as the bore ol the casing 18.

From the foregoing description taken invalve may be adjusted upon the reduced stem 12 to provide the proper outlet between the wall of the valve at 14- and the outwardly flaring wall 9 of the casing 1, thus producing the desired spraying effect against the wall of the drain or conduit 23 and thereby creating the proper vacuum in the chamber 18 to cause the air displaced therein to he brought through the tool 21 with the dust and dirt, the said dust and dirt commingling with the water sprayed out of the outlet formed by the valve 13 and the lower end of the tubular casing 1 andthereby be commingled with said water and r carried through the drain or discharge pipe 23/ to the desired source. Thus by reason ot the threaded connection between the casings 16 and 1 the direction of pro ection of the conduit or nipple 19-may be changed to accommodate the proper use of the tool within the room.

By means of the connection of the stem '10 to the upper concentric threaded aperture of the casing 1, the said stem may be adjusted up and down and removed at will for.

replacement or cleaning. The rod isprovided with a tapered part 50 terminating in a reduced, threaded tip 51. upon which the valve 13 is mounted. threaded end 11 of the rod 10 in the upper end of the main casing 1, the position of the tapered part 50 with respect to one end of the hour-glass bore 8 may be adjusted. By rotating the frust o-conicai valve 13 upon the threaded tip 51, the position of the valve with respect to the other end of the hourglass bore 8 may be adjusted, independently of the position of the tapered part with respect to the first specified end of the bore 8. In this manner, the character of the discharge may be adjusted to a fine degree.

flwing to the fact that the main casing 1 is By rotating the threaded as shown at 17 into the supplemental casing 16, the position of the lower end of the main casing 1 with regard to the air inlet member 19 may be adjusted. Owing to the fact that the air inlet member 19 projects from the side wall of the supplemental casing 16, and owing to the fact that.

this member and the liquid inlet member 2 lie in dilferent planes, relative rotation between the casings 1 and 16 may be effected without bringing the members Q and 19 into contact.

lVhat is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a main easing having an inlet member adjacent one end and provided at itsothcr end with an hour glass bore; a rod in the main casing and provided with a tapered partterminating in a reduced, threaded tip, one end of the rod being threaded into the casing to permit an adjustment of the. tapered part in one end of the hour-glass bore; a frustoconical valve mounted upon the threaded tip and adjustable in the other end of the EDWARD HEARING. Witnesses;-

TOM R. -Mooer, .ToIiN F. Moore. 

